Police arrested Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi, president of the Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI) Azad Jammu and Cashmiro (AJK) chapter chapter (AJK) and former AJK prime minister.
According to the police, Niazi was arrested in Samahni on Sunday, where he had arrived to go to a demonstration. “Before he could participate in the demonstration, Abdul Qayyum Niazi was arrested,” said a police officer, added that he was being transferred to Mirpur after the arrest.
عمران خان کا سا دینا قربانی ós Ós–
ہم نے وفا ن uses
نہ ڈرے، نہ نہ پیچھے ہٹے ہٹے .خان کو کبھی تنہا نہیں چھوڑیں گے pic.twitter.com/rhi3psnihz– Sardar Abdul Qayyum niazi (@aqayyumniazipti) August 3, 2025
The legal spokesman of PTI, Naeem Haider, Panjutha, strongly condemned the arrest of former AJK prime minister, Abdul Qayyum Niazi.
“Firmly condemned the arrest of former Prime Minister Abdul Qayyum. We are already fighting for Jammu and Kashmira, but those who try to turn Kashmir Azad into Jammu and Kashmir should drown in shame,” he said.
Niazi served as Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Cashmiro from August 4, 2021 until April 14, 2022. He offered his resignation before voting for a motion of non -confidence against him.
A total of 25 dissident members of the PTI in the AJK Legislative Assembly presented No Trust’s motion against Niazi on April 12, 2022.
The motion was presented under article 18 of the Interim Constitution of AJK. The measure occurred shortly after former Prime Minister Imran Khan was expelled from the position on April 9, 2022.
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The AJK Legislative Assembly session was requested to vote on the motion. Niazi presented his resignation to the president of PTI Cashmira, Barríster Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry and Imran Khan.
It is worth noting that after a series of failed protests, the founder of PTI has once again decided to demonstrate street power to campaign for the rule of law and the liberation of leaders and workers of imprisoned parties. However, the party appears divided into key policy issues, with dissident voices increasingly emerging in public.
Days before his protest planned on August 5, Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI) faces generalized repression, with the leaders of the party that are hidden, the workers who report in the home and several bank accounts freeze.
PTI’s leaders and workers claim that the police in Punjab have intensified efforts to suppress the protest by launching an intimidation campaign.
Many party workers regret that since August 1, the police have been calling the doors, forcing workers to sign affidavits that promise not to participate in the protest.
The raids have taken panic within the rows of PTI, and multiple leaders choose to go underground to avoid arrest. The sources of the matches claim that the “doors of doors” campaign has expanded rapidly in recent days.
In addition to the pressure tactics on the ground, several reports of the financial restrictions imponed on PTI leadership have emerged. According to the reports, Hafiz Zeeshan Rasheed’s bank account, a PTI office bearer in Punjab, has been frozen, one of the many cases, according to the part.